Rubber doll



May 30,' 1939.

F. s. HUGUS ET AL RUBBER DOLL Filed Sept. 3, 1938 INVENTOR FORREST S. HUGUS LESTER R. LOWER ATTORNEY Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUBBER pom.

Ohio

Application September 3, 1938, Serial No. 228,386

1 Claim.

This invention relates to rubber dolls of .the type or class illustrated in the patent to Charles H. Nagel, No; 2,118,682, issued May 24, 1938.

I The general purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved doll structure of the type illustrated in the above-mentioned patent, and particularly to provide in such a doll structure appendages which will not be readily displaced from the doll.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a structure of the type disclosed in said patent by which the operations of assembling the doll are greatly facilitated.

The foregoing purposes and objects of them-- vention are attained in the doll structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing and described below. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the speciflo form thereof shown and described.

Of the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation partly in section of a doll structure embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing. the numeral ill indio cates the usual torso, the numeral II, the head, the numerals i2, i2, the arms, and i3, ll the legs of a doll embodying the invention, the arms I! being secured on the torso ill by flanged male members l4, l4 and the legs ll being secured thereon by similar members i5, II, which may be substantially as described in the aforementioned patent.

When air is compressed in the hollow arms or legs I! or it in accompaniment with shiftin a of the same, there is a tendency to cause the arms or legs to "pop of! or become displaced from the flanged male members it and it, respectively. Accordingly, these members are notched, as indicated at I4 or II, or the coopcrating doll parts are otherwise provided with openings whereby the hollow arms or legs are vented so as to overcome the sealing eiiect oi the flanged male members. The particular vents shown allow air to escape through the joints between the inner end of the appendages and the torso of the doll.

The venting of the doll at the joints in the manner provided in the drawing is of advantage also in that the male members l4 and i5 may be easily reduced in size by squeezing the opening or notches such as I5 into closed condition as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2. This is.- cilitates engaging the arms or legs I! and i3, respectively, over the male members it and i5, respectively.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the structure of a doll of the type illustrated in the Nagel patent has been substantially improved by the herein described invention and that modifications of this improvement obviously may be resorted to without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

The combination in a hollow rubber doll structure of a torso having thereon male connector members with enlarged retaining flanges and hollow appendages engaged over said connector members to be secured to said torso by said flanges providing articulating joints, said male connector members having openings comprising radial notches formed therein, each such opening extending inwardly from the periphery thereof through the contacting part of the joint and also through the flange whereby the appendages are vented and whereby the flanges may be squeezed circumferentially to move the walls of the notches together whereby the flanges will be of a reduced size to facilitate engagement of the appendages over the male connector members, said flanges being capable of being'thus reduced in circumference without buckling.

FORREST S. HUGUS.

LESTER R. LOWER. 

